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Whole grain barley flakes on a food label: they contain gluten
Whole grain barley flakes are one of the barley flakes. They contain gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 266 products, most often in breakfast cereals.
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Do whole grain barley flakes contain an allergen?
Yes. Whole grain barley flakes are made from a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them. In the US they are not a listed allergen, because US labels name wheat only.
| Allergen | US | UK and Europe | Gulf |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals containing gluten | PartlyWheat only | RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan | RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt |
Are whole grain barley flakes vegan?
Yes. Whole grain barley flakes are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.
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What other names do whole grain barley flakes have on a label?
In English whole grain barley flakes can also read “wholegrain barley flakes”. On European labels they are “flocons d'orge complète” in French, “Vollkorn-Gerstenflocken” in German and “fiocchi d'orzo integrale” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- flocons d'orge complète, flocons d'orge complets
- German
- Vollkorn-Gerstenflocken, Vollkorngerstenflocken
- Italian
- fiocchi d'orzo integrale
- Dutch
- volkoren gerstvlokken
- Swedish
- fullkornskornflingor
- Finnish
- täysjyväohrahiutale, täysjyväohrahiutaleet
- Croatian
- ječmene pahuljice od cijelog zrna
Which foods contain whole grain barley flakes?
Open Food Facts lists whole grain barley flakes in the ingredients of 266 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in Germany, the United States and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 152 · United States 38 · France 36 · Netherlands 16.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where whole grain barley flakes turn up, not how much of the market they are.
What kind of ingredient are whole grain barley flakes?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, whole grain barley flakes sit under barley flakes and wholemeal barley.
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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.
- Open Food Facts: Whole grain barley flakes
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
- UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
- US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)
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